The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-04 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND OOMZERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. __- An easier feeling now prevails in monetary circles. Most of the payments due at this period of the quarter and month have been liquidated, and there being less inquiry for accommodation, brokers seem disposed to transact basilicas at lower quota tions. Moreover, as the demand decreases the float ing balauces have been augmented, and competition has been cons,quently excii ed• Traders are, there fore, now enabled to negotiate their approved bilis at bi per cent. A lumber sum of £35,000 in gold was taken into the Bank on S iturd4y. Tne Bdroda, which left this morning for the East, conveyed £27,099. The accounts from the various manufacturing dis tricts for the past week state that business has, in most instances, sLown an improvement. At Marie cheater there has been a better desuand for both cloths and yarns, and higher rates have been ob tained. In the woollen districts of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield. The inquiry for most descrip tion of cioths have been above the average of former seasons, white increased activity has pre vailed in the hosiery and lace departments of Lei cester and Nottingham. At Birmingham, Sbeffield, and Wolverhampton there has been little change of importance as regards prices. At the half-yearly meeting to-day of the share holders of the London and Brazilian Bank, the report, vet, ich was adopted, stated that the accounts showed a net profit for the second half-year of £15,531 4a. 81, after making due allowance for all bad and doubtful debts. Out of this sum it was proposed to pay a dividend, free of Income Tax, of ls. par share, amounting to £13.650 (being 6 per cent. on the capital paid-up on 31st December, 1863), and to carry forward the balance of £l,BBl 48. Bd. to the credit of the next account. The branches now established are Rio de Janeiro, Per nambuco, and Rio Or thde do Sul in Brazil, and Lisbon and Oporto in Portugal. That at Bahia will commence business on lst July, and there is every reason to believe that the combined operations of these establishments will secure most satisfactory results. Two o'CLocK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the Threelper Cent. Recites were 66t. 20c. The English Stock market has not been subjected to much fluctuation to•day. In fact speculation and all descriptions of business have been abruptly cut short till after the parliamentary contest shall have terminated. Parties will then be enabled to regard all'irs with some knowledge of their ultimate bear ing. Cohmls are quoted 90 for money, and 90k for the the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annu'ties are 89k ; Bank Sok is marked 2:37; India Stock, 213; and the D , bentures are 136. die. Although there is not much animation in the Foreign Market, prices are firm. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 68 e ; do., Consolidel, 49?-, t; Mexicali, es all, 28,1 a ; Greek, 251 4; Spanish Passive, 291 ; Portuguese, 471 y ; and thy Con fedPrate Loau, 64 66. Business in the Railway Share Market has not been very ac•ive, but prices generally are a shade firmer. M inchester, Sh‘faeld, and London have improved £1 ; North Western, 55.; Great Western, 53. ; and Great Eastern, ss. Tne Foreign and Colonial lines remain at about former quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in mode tate request, bat in some instances a slight decline U.S regards values. Alliance have receded 10a.; Hudson Bay Company, 55.; Ebbw Vale Company are quoted s 11 prem.; Soc.e a Generale De L'Em pire Ottomun, 2i 3 prem. ; and CL.amourix United Hotel Company, 14 prem. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Con4ols Do Account, July 8 .... 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent N (dew 2i pe r C ent. Jsn. 1894.... Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Auuumes, 30 yes, aspire nth Jan., PV:$O — Do for 30 yrs, e xp i re s t h April,lBBs Do (Red Bea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — Mhrch. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 22 &3 per Cent. 3 Do £5OO Do £loo and £2OO Bank England Ste, 5} per Ct. Do Account .. IXDI&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10f per Cent., April 1874 213 a d for op Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 110 Account .. Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888.... Do ~ .;ertifloates Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent •— Do 6 per C en t., J an. 1872. . • 101 k Do 6i per Cent. ' May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 . clouds ti,uvo ............ 13 dis Do under .Sl,OOO ............... _ _ _ _. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Do 1859........ — 8,--azilian 5 per Cent ........... Do 45 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 B6l 7 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — 110 Account 95 Do 1 pet Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Chilian 6 per Cent. Do 3 pet Cent. ...... - Colombian 6 per Cent -- Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 . ... Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent lOll Do, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup.)ns Do Account 253 3 Do Coupons —Do Account.. Guatemala 6 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 - Italian b per Cent.(slaremmana ttailway 744 Mexican 3 per Cent .... Do Account...~. Do Scrip £23 paid —' uis Do French Scrip, Ex 25f ',!oc — dis Do 6 per Cen . Anglo-French 4' New Granada Do 2 per Cent..... Do Deterred........ Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvien 41 per Cent. _ tlo 3 per Cent. (Cribarren).. Do 41 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account .. • •• Portax..ese 3 per Cent.. 1853 Do Account •• Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. 473 i a Do Account ... .... 473 t Du 1863 Scrip, £lO paid Russian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9O Do 41 per Cent., 040 .. 841 Do 3 per Cent 1859 .. •• • Do 5 per Cent, 1862 B7/ IDo Anglo-Dutch .... Sardinian 5 per Cent Do Scrip, £3O paid 83 Pm uo Amoount S panish 3 per Cent ........ - Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account ............... -923 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account lO4 Swedish, 4 per Cent. — Do Scrip, £3O paid runtish 6 Pm per Cent. 1854 Do Account .............. Do 6 per Cent. 1858 .. o Account 713/4 Do £lOO Bonds Bo A Do 6 per Cent. 1802 ccount btl?zuela per Csnt. "0 Account De R , - Per Cent 186/ Lio Acco,unt . ... ............ Do et " 1863 --- Do 611arat t,eed, 4 per Cent..... Cet 18G1 Do .perper ' - Cent .. Dividends 0 6 per n. die above payable in Lon:011 Austrian, cer . Ex. 10 Florins. --• Belgian 43/4 per Do Account .......•Ex. 25f Dutch -25 per Cent. i1:17,. ........ • • uil Do 4 per Cont. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1381 Ea, ~- . . ..... Do Account. ........ ~. 40 francs 6'71 Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 45134,7 b't*.i; . i.;. Pieltnontesc, 5 per Cent., Ez. 231 .... THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Money ~, .............. 90,1 Do aceou,t,... , ~ „.. Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. 1 trkc..t 0p ,, c5 probAbiy 9 , 000 of 0,000 tifLtRE Eltt,l3 KE TS—This day. ORDINA.VY ShAttr,Z, AND STOuh- Closing antiwar,. price. Sir.. Viol., and Str. Va, iliythe and Tyne 13rib - to' ana Exeter .... Caledonian !Cor,. ID o A 4. - N , IL -, d , till epc.pan.lul ;Do' B been paid to h. !Dublin & Belfast Jun.. 1 1)un.,Pertli,tt Ab. Juno. I Edinburgh & Glasgo.. iOlitsg. and S. Wester", ibireat Eastern, Ord. at, Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian 61 GreatNorthol 6cotlaau Great Northern Do A stook Do 13 do ..... ; Gt. S. an 1 W. of Irelan !Great Western Uo Str Vat gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 'Loudon and lilackwa!l ;Lon., flright.,& S. Coast Loo., Chat., and Dover !Lou. & North Western Lon. & So•.t.h Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln, Miryport and Carlisie. Do 2 5hare5........ at etropoli tau IMidiand Do New Do Binning. & Derb_ (it. W. of Irelan, Do. 6 shares Mid tient Do Cray Line North British I.h:din., Perth, & Dundee N th. Eaetern—lierwic: Do, G.N.E. purehas• Do Leeda Do lark Do Carlisle North London Do New -- North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. J unction scottish Ceutrdi 'Scot A. E., Aber. ston Do Scot. ,Mid. stook Shrews. and Welolipo,• Shropshire Union South De7oll (South Eastern ,South Wales York. and River Du tatnes, Wok.,and Wok Stockton & Daelington, Do Do New, Vail' Vale.. .. Du 13 Do C Uleter Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim ‘ , Vaterford & Kilkenny ►West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Hare: R. West Midland -Oxford Jo Newport Do Hereford Ei — gs 9k 85 h 7 • 11J 120 i 6i 7 35 37 16 17 89 91 104 b 6 48) 9j 13 136 MO 151 128 33 90 9: 68, 68! 135! 116} (17 t 9 10: ;04 41 43 113 114.1 97, gBi 69 CO 111 124 1331 T 331 103 1( 5 53 65 24 '6 105 i ILO 61 6 94 95 126 129 14 24 774 78i 101 t 125 /30 26 38 56 t 7 35 t 7 92i 93 'lot 106 8 9 364 374 N 10 , n 13 i ; 165 170 6 7 3 t p 107 110 35 37 106 5& BIi,ITISII POSSESSIONS. tiailwitya t.. antic &PE Lawren: iorn.,.Barotia&.Ceut. in , Gu. 5 per cent...—. Li 3. New . . Do. E. Shares... tio,..aio:lud Lithe alit oil 00. Preieronee t,aGodro.l, o p. et. lids. Auk. I, L.: Ito. do. July 1, 187 .10. du. .ida, leutt • :ape'row )ock, blastn. Bengal go. 5 p. Last Indian. gu. 5 p.:. do. LI Do. do. H do. Grand 1' runk of Canatn: t )o. Ist 80nd,.. Do. no. deterred....., Do. 2d Frei. Bonus., Do. do &fen ed...... Do. :Id ef. stock Do. do. deterred.... Do. 4th Pref. sto Ai... Do. co deferred,..... Ut.lndialknin.gua.sp.o Do. ;NEW gua. 5 p. Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim naranteed 6 per cent. Gt. W. 01 Canada Shur.. Do. New Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. 61 1.. c. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited 'Madras guar., 5 P. c. •• Do. 4t p. C. Extension L)c, 4,___ - Do. Fifth Extension. Mt ib.Curl:. p. o. Buns Helb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Nor tg. Bth. Sew lir iwswioii ct Cano Class Aan B. N.lll.C'dati pc Ist t bUs Scdnde Do. Delhi Do. do • •• Do 211.niati D,. Du. , DL. indus.St. Flo.) 1,014 lAL (4 0 V E I{l', 100 ( 10, 100 Pam. Closicg Price. 59 61 1014 ;e4 park P oi 6 81 9} 77 82 77 8 ' 77 82 93• 0 98 100 ,04 1(6 lu2 3i as P 20 21 72 74 6: 454 66 08 55 57 48 5: 43 c 5 29 11 28 3) iO2 03 M EN iOl 14.3 10 ,01 1(1') 8, in t 52 d fp 104 4),4 95 97 05 92 o p.c.J a Sz,J 1877-SI Do. f. p. c. Feb. & A u;.. ; Do.e p.c.M ar. Sept: p. c. Jandt.July. Do. 5 inscribed stook ape G.Hope, F, p Do.Ap &Oct. 186 t; Do, 189' Do. Jan. & July, 189 i.. ;Ceylon, Nov.lB7S, 6 p 'Mauritius 8 per cent .. ,Natal Guy. 6 per cent.. :N.B.Gov. p.c..) ul uo. 6p. c.Ap. & Ook. N. S.W. Gov. 5p 1,16 • Do. 6 p. c.,16/. to Do. do., 181i8 dzupwdi iNew Zealand 6 p cent. !Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. Aerling, 1875 Queensland Gcv. a p. c s. Aus tit:Tx. b7o.e.t Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.atJul: t ID a tc, p.n. itmaciYlT vri sr •am brian ConBol. Gold hilord Amalgamated ()even G.Cone.".ravist , ii;ast Bassett (Illogan) : ,•ast Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradou .aat Cara Brea E. W Russel (Tavistk , GamASt.Autiya(Gwen Great South Tolgus (i. Wheal Vor(lielstea Grenville .. Foot ingston Downs Lady Bertha Viargaret (tiny Lelan )larke viyndy Iron Ore (Lim New Setun North Down* IV 'i Basset ( I to e north Wheal Crotty . t'ar Consols (6t Blaze). "rovidence(Un -Lein-. ionthUaradou(St.Cleer 8. Cairn Brea ( I llogan) Wheal Fran. (Illovae, 'Stray Park V,ltiarSilv.dt Lead Xi), j fin Croat West Basset (IIlowan).. W Cr radon 11.19keard! West Baton I Wheel Basset (111o4an; Wheal Buller( ttedruth Wheal Kitty (U.Lelan t WhealLud ott W heal SlaryAnnC:aen ; Wheal Teton * • Wheal Tretawney (1,16:)1 Wheal Uninn 07 60 E f, 82 84 101 i 10 11 100 i 1011 i pr iP 00i 1011 94 96 SECURITIES. 100 :02 1102 t 4 11.2 44 8 , 0 01 89 91 104 106 1107 109 lit 9 11 1107 109 111 113 304 106 11.'j6 109 99i too 99j 100 j 99. IGO4 10J 111 1 101 103 103 101 106 LOS tool_noi Es. is 30 32 50 675 65 67 29 80 7* 71 31 4* 7 9 21 •- 29 31 J 7* 71 itB 40 3 4} 8 10 5 Si 75 85 14 2 14 2 44 4f 39 41 4t5 475 50 55 29 31 ;30.17.0 2.0.8 3.5. r 5t4 3.17 37} 18} 9} 101 16 13 105 205 90 55 57 29 11 2i 14 16 220 230 19 21 14 2 VI - MEER/M(IE SHARES. Gt. Western, South Wales, gua. 5 per cent., 87 Ditto, IA per cent.. it 3 Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per ct., f 3 2i PREFEmENcE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pf., 101 Loudon and S.-%1 estern to per cent., 1011 2/ LINES LEASED Al` FLXED:R,ENTALS. Midland Bradford pref. stock, 95 VOille.IGN RAILWAYS. Namur and Liege gua. 141. per annum, 8i San Facto ima. 7 per cent., Ditto (ail), 101 West Flanders, 71 FOREIGN MINES. United Mexican (11m;, BANKS. - - Alliance 'lint). 641 5 Anglo Austrian, 7 61 75 Bank of Egypt, 29 Sf Bank of , tago, lim., 41 Bank of Queensland (Jim), 18 1 Beitish %nd Californian, hm., 6 Consolidated Bans, lim., Ili / Engdsh, Sco cli, and Australian Chartered. 22 European Bank, lim. 144 5 1 Hindustan, china, and. .Japan (Inn.), 335 Ditto, new, 65 5 Imot nal dank of India, Ohina, and Japan, 11M., 51 65 Imperial Ottoman, 3, ft 5 Land Mortga,..,oT Bank of India, Jim., 55 London B nk of Mexioo and S. America, 11r0., 75 6/ 75 6i London Bank of Scotland, lim., ISS London and Brazilian aim.), 53 6 25 3 Lonuon and Colonial Mimi, 215 London and County. n 64 London Joint Stock, 47 London and Northern, lim., 235 London and South African, 246 S London and South-Western, 245 London and i estminster, 1004 100 1 Mercantile and Exchanr,r.e. Aim., 20 195 5 National dank of Irelaud, -- bitto, new, 4 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lim., 135 South E stern, lim., 75 t'ulon of Ireland, Jim., 22 5 Union of London, 57i Si MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, I surance, SN Co .tinental Union Gas, I mo., Credit Vender, 13, Credit 31 .bl , l r, S Crystal Valace, 33 Egyptian Com and Trading, Um., 41 Financial Corp ration, 64 Fore-str. et Warehouse, lira., 7i Gen. Credit and Finanze ot Loudon, Um., 7 Hudson's Bay, 78 Imperi 1 and Mel =tile Credit Asso., lim., luilian Carrying, lim., International Financial ociety, lim., 30, i 10 International ...and Credit I'm., g Joint Stock Discount, dm., , London !financial Association, lim, —27 s 8 M dras Irr gation and Canal, -- Ditto, (a.ll , 2 192 Nati , .nal Di , count Company, lim., 151 ice ,n arine (Insurance). 21} Quebrida Land, Rail, and Mining, lim., Societe Fina ct re d' • gypte lira., dH * Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Um., 71. 17utTorsal Marine, Insurance, lim., 5* Bueines. done. 892 48 1 i 1 13 - i 151 LOI 1 50; 6 Si i 1 i 116 i 1.4 I'4/ In 141 98 69/ 63 1121 Ili 121 int Businerni don 1091 1O HE SU .;X, LOND ON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 18G4. ILLIWI'ErX:S—This Day, MAhll-LANE. There was less activity in the demand for whorl in the country markets held on Saturday. Holders, generally speaking, were not disposed to sell except at fully previous rates; but where sales were pressed is per quarter lees money was accepted. The spring corn trade ruled firm, at full currencies. Flour moved off slowly, at late rates. At New York, the amount of business doing in produce for export is very moderate. 'The demand is chiefly con fined to red spring wheat of good and floe quality. On the continent, the corn trade is generally steady. The arrivals of home-grown produce up to our market last week were moderate for the time of year. The imports from abroad amounted to 27,340 quarters of wheat, 7,382 barley, 45,876 oats, 1,134 peas, 5,106 tares, 2,938 linteed, 1,900 oilseeds, 100 sacks, and 19,060 barrels of flour. Fresh up to our market today the arrival of English wheat eves small, both from Essex and Kent, but the quality of the prouco on the stands was good. Oompared with Monday last there was mush less activity in the trade, and the marke,, was entirely devoid of excitement. Factors however held both red and white samples at that day's ad vance in the quotations, but millers, generally speaking, were indisposed to operate except at is per quarter more money. At the close of the market, the bulk of the supply had been disposed of at, in some instances, a decline of is per quarter, but chiefly at last Monday's currency. The market was moderately supplied with most descrip tions of foreign wheat. Red American and spring wheats moved off steadily at full prices ; otherwise the trade was slow, nevertheless previous quotations were supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate request, at lull quotations. The flour trade was decidedly quieter than on Monday last t here was an increased supply of barrels on offer ; nevertheless, both English and foreign qualities fairly sup ported previous rates. Beans, the supply of which was small, changed hands at fully late rates. Peas were in short supply and steady request at lull currencies. On the whole the malt trade was steady, and prices ruled firm. CURRENCY PER IMPERJAL MEASURE, Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 33s to Ils Ditto, old .-5 -s Ditto, white, 1863 i3i 493 Ditto, old __, 3 ....., Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s Ditto, 1363 Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 22s 253 Malting — s —s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6os 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os COs Chevalier Oats —Yorkshire and Lincoinsh., Feeding lB5 23s Potato Yong - hal and Cork, black lss 23s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding l9B 23s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple White 34s 38s Boilers 345 388 Floor—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 30s Stockton and Noriblk 26s 28s American, per barrel l9B 25s supported. The best Lit►colushire wool commands 2:3 7d, per lb. Colonial wool, is tha private contact market, ie firm in price. Last Week's Imports, From Algoa Bay ... . „ New Zealand „ Nelbourn- „ Port Philip „ Gruchin Bay . ... 4,605 „ „ Sydney .... , Buenos Ayres Current prices of English wool per lb, Fleeces —South Down hoggets 1 111 2 01 Hall-bred do Kent fleeces , ... .. 2 2 2 4 South Down ewes and wethers 111 2 0 Leicester do, Sots—Clo thing . . Combing Particulars. 1850. 1361 1862. f 1863. 1864. Stock this aay.... 31.059 56,60 i 34,519 37.514 4 ?.445 5 2591 to 52s Od to 47s id to '42661 to 40s S)d to 53s sid - and —sod, —s Od --sod Delivery Y l ' a C s; w — ee t( 1,t4 1,1 7 1,003 878 970 Ditto from June 1 9,747 5,510 7056 3,830 4,t82 Arrivals last week 8,863 151 1, , 21 1 560 S 3 Ditto from June 1 13,712 5,4.9 3,563 3,600 3,006 Price of Town .... 55s ud s 528 Od 4, 43s S)d 41a 8J Shelled cut at bharieston, On the 21st of August, at half-past 1 a,m,, I was lying on my bed in the Charleston Hotel, unable to sleep from the excessive heat, and listening to the monotonous sound of cannonade kept up on the enemy's position from the batte ries on James Island. Restless and weary of the night, I had lighted a candle in defiance of mosquitos, and sought to pass away the time with a volume of "Les MieCirables." It happened to be the one containing the account of the battle of Waterloo ; and While deeply interested in the de• scription of the rushing squadrons of cuirassiers, I was startled by a noise that, from connection with my reading, resembled the whirr of a phantom brigade of cavalry gallop ing in mid- air. My first feeling was that of utter astonish ment; but a crash, succeeded by a deafening explosion in the very street in which my apartment was situate, brought me with a bound into the centre of the room. Looking from the window, I saw smoke and fire issuing from a house in which were stored the drugs of the medical purveyor. A watchman was running frantically down the street, and when he reached the corner just below me, commenced striking with his staff against the kerb ; a signal of alarm practised among the Charleston police. At first I thought a meteor had fallen ; but another awful rush and whirr right over the hotel, and another explosion beyond, settled any doubts I might have had—the city was shelled. People are not generally given to laugh• iug under such circumstances, but I will defy any one who witnessed what I witnessed on leaving my room, not to have given way to mirth in moderation. The hotel was crowded with speculators who had been attracted to the city by the sale of some blockade cargoes, and the corridors were filled with these terrified gentlemen rushing about in the scantiest of costumes and the wildest alarm. One perspiring individual of portly dimensions was trotting too and fro with one boot on and other in his hand, and this was nearly all the dress he could boast of. In his excitement and terror he had forgotten the number of his room, from which he had hastened at the first alarm, and his distress was ludi crous to behold. Another, in a simi-state of nudity with a portion of his garments on his arm, barked the shins of , every one in his way in his efforts to drag an enormous , trunk to the staircase. On reaching the hall I found a motley crowd, some of whom with the biggest words were cursing the Federal commanders. Whirr l came another shell over the roof, and down on their faces went every man of them into tobacco-juice, and cigar ends and clattering among the spitoons. I need not say that this is a class of men from whom the Confederacy hopes nothing; on the contrary, by their extortion, practised on a suffering people, they have made themselves execrated. If a shell could have fallen in their midst and exterminated the whole race of hucksters, it wood have been of great benefit to the South. The population wes now aroused, the streets filled with women and children making their way to the upper part of the city, where they would find comparative safety. The volunteer fire brigade brought out their engines, and parties of the citizen reserves were organised rapidly and quietly, to be in readiness to give assistance shere required. The first engine that reached the house struck by the first shell was one belonging to a negro company, and at it they went with a will, subduing the fire in a marvellously short time. At every successive whirr above them the niggers shouted quaint invectives against "cussed bobotitionists," scatter ing for shelter until the danger was past. Through the streets I went, and down to the Battery promenade, meet • ing on my way sick and bed-ridden people carried from their homes on mattresses,and mothers with infants in their arms running they knew not whither. Reaching the promenade, I cast my eyes towards the Federal position, and presently beyond James Island, across the marsh that separates it from Morris Island, came a flash, then a dull report, and, after an interval of some seconds, a trightful rushing sound above me told me the path the shell had taken ; its fligat must have been five miles 1--Cornhill Magazine. THE FEDERAL REPULSE AT P2TERSEURG.—The New York Herald publishes a letter from its army correspoodent describing the repulse of the Federals as fol lows :—" Gen. Pierce commanded the left of the front line of attack, and Major Hooper, of the 15th Massachusetts, the right. Their troops were formed in two heavy lines. The right of the line was formed - under a crest, which protected it from the fire from the rebel breastworks they were going to assault, near the line of the City Point and Fredericks burg Railroad ; but the left was exposed to a most murder ous fire the moment it was in sight. The line advanced, and the soldiers rushed over a fence along the road with which the breastwork was nearly parallel ; they rushed forward gallantly, but could not withstand the deadly fire of mus ketry, grape, and canister that was poured upon them from that stronghold of the enemy. Oa the right of the line our men reached to within about 75 yards of the earthworks, and on the left to within about 200. But the fatal fire was too much for even such gallant fellows, many of whom fell never to rise again. The lines were accordingly compelled to fall back a short distance to the point from which they advanced, leaving the dead and some o: the wounded in the possession of the enemy. Another attack was ordered to take place at another point, for the purpose, if pos6ible, of cutting through the rebel lines. This was a regular storm ing party, composed cf several brigades formed in columns of regiments. The troops moved forward in two columns, Col. Madell's brkade leading the advance of one column, and Col. Champlin's the other. Shortly after 4 p.m. these imposing columns were moved forward, and in a moment they were moving in splendid farce towards a strong rebel I:ne of breastworks strongly defended by infantry and artil lery. These immediately opened a terrific fire, and the heads of eolums were lost in cluuds of smoke—lost in the very jaws of death. The battery was so close, the fire so strong as well as sudden, and the men fell so fast, that those in front were soon cut down or scattered, end others, instinc tively seeking the shelter which some neighbouring build ings afforded, broke from the column, throwing them into considerable confusion. The troops were then wisely with drawn, as a further sacrifice of human life, under these cir • cumstances would be criminal." INNS OF COURT,—The Benders of the Inns of Court in December, 1863, issued new regulations to students qualifying for the bar, and among others insti tuted exhibitions to be competed for by students who had attended the lectures and classes of the several readers. The Council of Legal Education, to whom is intrusted the duty of superintending the instruction of students for the bar, have directed that the examinations for exhiuitions on the subject of the lectures delivered and classes held by the several readers shall be commenced this day, July 4, at Lincoln's-inn-hall. The exhibitions are of the value of 30 guineas each, to be held for a period of two years, to be granted to the most proficient student in Constitutional Law and Legal History, and to the most proficient student in Jurisprudence, Civil, and International Law, and also to the students of the advanced classes in Equity, on Real Property Law, and on the Common Law. Junior Exhibi tions, to continue for a like period of two years (but to merge on taking a superior exhibition), of the value of 20 guineas per annum, will be awarded to the most proficient students, duly qualified, who have entered for the elemen tary examinations on the subjects of Equity, Real Property, &c., and the Common Law. Mr Thomas Collett Sandam has been appointed examiner in Constitutional Law and Legal History, to be held this morning, the 4th of July, from 9.30 to 12.30, and he will also examine in the afternoon from 1.30 to 4.30 on Jurisprudence, Civil, and International Law. On Tuesday morning, July 5, Mr. J. R. Kenyon, Q.C., will examine in Equity from 9.30 to 12.30; and in the afternoon of that day, from 1.30 to 4.30, Mr. James Charles Mathew will examine on the Common Law. On Wednesday morning, the 6th of July, Mr John Sharper, Q.C., will examine from 9.30 to 12.30 on the Law of Real Property, &c., and in the afternoon of that day—viz., from 1,30 to 4 30 a general paper of questions will be issued to the students embracing all the subjects on the foregoing heads. Students attending the lectures of any of the readers are at liberty to attend the several examinations, and all members of the Inns of Court who have obtained written orders of admission from a bendier. or from one of the readers, are also to be admitted to the oral examina tions. THE FUNNY PARSON (says that absurdly named correspondent of the Court Chronicle, Mr Burley Hardbake) is usually a young man just in orders—too young in orders, indeed, to be orderly. A smooth chubby-cheeked fellow, with "a shining morning face" and a plentiful head of hair. He is a great favourite with young ladies who take a delight in his being " so unlike a parson," as they phrasa it, and who lie in wait for his doing something absolutely uncanonical and improper. He is a great man at a pic-nic— can sing a comic song if needed, and when quite away from his "potent, grave, and reverend seniors," he can imitate the noises of animals to perfection, smokes furtive pipes at night, despises his white tie, and, when he is able, obscures it under a lay neckerchief. He indulges in a wide awake hat, and reads novels when he should devote himself to the Fathers. Indeed, as my friend Jones says, he doesn't care much for the " Papas" or the Fathers either, his chief care is the daughters. And certainly he is a very amusing man for a select tea party of ladies who are pretty enough to interest, and not old enough to check his unclerical mirth. He is a very sharp fellow in his way, is an exceedingly agreeable man for a ccrupanion in a walking tour, has one or two smart and not very decent college stories, over which he chuckles with an enjoyable sense of their impropriety. He is a loud talker, a loud laugher, a despiser of church authority and Convocations, a con temner of bishops, a sneerer at rubrics and saints' days__ altogether a man out of his element, one who possibly might have rruggled into notice at the Bar, but to whose peculiar abilities the Church is a wet blanket, which he is constantly making efforts to throw away. Of course he usually belongs to the Low or the Broad church party. Ho is too lazy to sympathise with hard work and parish visiting, except it be the visiting of the pic-nicing portion of his flock, where there are champagne corks to be drawn and jokes to be perpetrated. Ho quotes Sydney Smith, and delights in nothing to much as to be thought to resemble that reverend je.ater. If he is good locking it is ten to one that he will marry a pretty girl with money, right under the nose of some despairing captain or other; obtain his rectory in middle life, and subside into a jesting old ago of pert and walnuts. Ho is one of those men who have made our church as ridiculous as she is ca pable of becoming in the eyes of Romanists and dissenters. The Visit of the Prince of Wales to the 1 London liospital.—This Day, Precisely at five minutes past one o'clock this day their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. at tended by their suite, preceded by outriders in scarlet uni forms, passed along Fleet-street en route to the London. Hospital, in order to witness the imposing ceremony of lay ing the foundation-stone of the new wing of that institu tion. Upon reaching the hospital, which the royal party did about 20 minutes after 1 o'clock, they were received by Ilia Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and the Hon. Artillery Company, who acted as a guard of Honour. They were conducted to a very elegant marquee, beneath which the ceremony was to take place. Their Royal Highnesses having most graciously acknowledged the enthusiastic welcome, proceeded to the spot upon which the foundation stone was to be laid, and then his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, as President of the London Hospital, advanced and read to the Prince and Princess en address, to which his Royal Highness returned a reply stating the pleasure which it gays him and the Princess to be present that day, and to take part in a ceremony in which they felt the most lively interest. -- - After a prayer had been offered up by the Bishop of London, his Royal Highness received an elegant silver trowel from the architect, and with the most apparent plea cure proceeded to lay the foundation stone of the new build ing amidst the most vociferous cheering. This portion of the day's proceeding having been most satisfactorily performed, their Royal Highnesses were con ducted over a number of the wards of the hospital, and from there to a very large marquee, beneath which a most recherelid dejeuner had been prepared. The repast having fluished, and the "Health of her Majesty the Queen'' having been duly honoured, His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES rose to pro pose "Prosperity to the London Hospital." His Royal Highness said it gave him and the Princess the utmost gratification to be present that day, because amongst the many valuable institutions which adorned the metropolis,the London Hospital was one of the most remarkable. He said he felt the greatest pleasure in taking part in the proceed ings of the day, and expressed an earnest hope that success would crown the efforts of those to whose care the conduct of such a noble institution was confided. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE having replied in suitable terms, their royal highnesses took their departure amidst the hearty cheers of the large assembly. The whole proceedings passed off with the greatest eclat, The amount of the subscription announced previous to the departure of their royal highnesses was £30,600. The proposed new west wing will be 140 feet long by 60 feet wide, and will contain in the basement story a large waiting hall, for out-patientS, sur geons' and physicians' rooms, laboratory, dispensary, and other offices. The ground and one or two pair floors will contain large wards for men, women, and chil dren, together with separate wards for the mem bers of the Hebrew persuasion, and suitable offices adjoining thereto. Oa each of the several floors are the requisite rooms for nurses and other attendants. The dormitories will be fitted up exclusively for the sleeping apartments of the nurses and domestics connected with the institution, and it is expected there will be accommoda tion for 200 additional patients, exclusive of the requisite offices for the attendants. METROPOLITAN CAT rLE. There was a tull average supply of foreign stock on offer hero to-day as to number, Luc its general quality was infe rior, sales consequently progressed slowly at about previous currenzies. Fresh up from our own grazing districts the arrival of beasts was moderate, and there was a falling off in the con. dition of most breeds. The attendance of butchers was rather limited, and the beef trade was in a sluggish state at about last week's currency. The best Scots and crosses sold at from 44 10d to 5s per 81bs. The supply from Scot land was tolerably good, and in prime condition. From Ireland, however, the receipts were again limited. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we receivtd 1,60) Sects, crosses, and shorthorns ; from Liccoln• shire, 500 shorthorns; from other parts of England, chit fly Herefordshire, 600 various breeds; from Scotland, 318 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 100 oxen and heifers. We were fairly supplier; with sheep. All breeds changed hands slowly, and in some instances prices gave way 2d per Sibs. The bast Downs, however, produced 5s 2d per Blbs. The supply of lambs was tolerably good, and the lamb trade was inactive at late rates—viz., from 5s 8d to 6s 8d per 81bs. Calves a ere in fair average supply and moderate request on former terms. The dcmand for pigs was in a sluggish state at last week's qutAmions. Per Bibs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. a, d. s. d Orse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 4 10 Seeundquality do. 3 10 4 2 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 0 5 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Largo erse. call/el 4 0 4 8 Prime Sects, etc. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 10 5 0 Urse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 40 4 4 Small porkers 42 4 6 8d to 6,8 0, Suckling calves, IGs to 21s; and quartet-old store pig -f., 20s to 2Gs each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIG/4 StPPLY. Beasts ... Cows - - Ii Sheep and lambs .... 5,57 u Sheep and lambs 27,60 ,' Calves . ... Calves Pigs. 4701 The total imparts of foreign atom into London, last week, amounted to 12,154 head. In the corresponding week in 1863, we received 7,323—in 1862, 9,Blo—in 1861, 9,592 —in 1860, 11,806—in 1859, 5,969—in 1858, 6,606 head. IMPORTS INTO L0A.i.,v1 , 4 LAsi WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... 734 .. 3181 ~ 315 .. 341 48 Harlingen .... 704 .. 11 . 40 .. 379 .. 243 Hamburg 150 .. 2474 395 Amsterdam.... 74 .. 30 .. 80u10gne...... .. .. Bremen .. 50 .. 66 .. ~ Dordt Corunna .. Antwerp. — .. Ostend .. 45 .. Gibraltar •—• • • ""' e • • • • • • • 16 .. 36 - . • - • . 33 :: -- Udlais Duukizk. — .• - . • --- • • • • 78 Total .... 1901 .. 75,16 ..1173 .. 772 .. 802 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1863 958 .. 3,639 .. 1227 .. 1082 .. 417 1862 .. 943 .. ; 5,831 .. 1577 .. 6 , 36 .. 933 1861 1685 .. 5,143 .. 1017 .. 1251 .. 1t94 1860 1859 269 .. 4,333 .. 629 .. 527 .. 145 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, July 6, 1863, and this day, Monday, July 4, 1864. Per 81b. to sink tho offal. July 6, 1863. 3 4to 3 tz 310 4 4 46 4 8 410 5 0 38 4 2 44 4 8 4 10 6 0 50 6 2 54 6 4 38 4 2 44 4 8 36 4 0 42 4 6 6,060 July 4, 1864. 3 4to 3 8 310 4 '2 44 4 8 410 5 0 3 6 3 10 40 4 4 4 6 4 10 50 5 2 5 8 6 40 4 8 410 5 0 36 4 0 42 4 6 4,730 Coarse and inferior beasts Second quality do. eritne large oxen .. Prime Scuts, &c... Coarse and inferior sheep .... Second quality dn. .. Prime coarse-woolled do Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves .. Prime smell do. Large hogs Neat small porkers.... Beasts .. Sheep and lambs 28,760 27,640 Calves Pigs.. SUPPLIES ON SALE , July 7, 1862.—Beasts, 4,230 sheep and lambs, 27,9 ' —calves 318—pigs, 330. JULY 8, 1861.—Beasts, 4,l7o—sheep, 26,510—calves, 322—pigs, 330. NE W GATE AND LEADENHALL. For the time of year the supply of meat on sale at the markets is moderately good. Generally speaking the trade is slow; nevertheless pima are without material change from Monday la3t. Per Slb. by the mean. stied tided inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Middlingmutton 3 8 4 2 .diddling do. .. 3 4 3 8 E'rime do .. 4 4 4 8 i rime largo do. 3 10 4 0 Vaal Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Small pork ~ Large pork .... 3 4 4 0 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 6 BOROUGH HOP. The accounts at hand from the P►antations this morn ing are not to say favourable, but the latest advices from the continent and America report favourably respecting the appearance of the plant. The supply both of English and toreign hops on sale is very moderate, nevertheless, the trade is dal, and the quotations have a downward tendency. Last week's import was 477 bales from New York. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Fair supplies of , new potatoes are on sale at these markets. and the demand for them rules steady, ht from Os. to 88. per cwt. Very little foreign produce, however, is on offer, the import, last week, having amounted to only 1559 baskets from Dunkirk-979 Rotterdam-106 Boulogne-16 Jersey —and 20 barrels trout Oporto. For old produce, the trade is dull. The best samples command 503 to 553 ; but in terior produce is selling at 20s to 4is per ton. SEEDS. The demand for seeds has been very moderate, but no change of importance has taken place in the quotations. The inquiry for linseed was very dull, and the value of East India ruled the turn in favour of buyers. Rapeseed commanded a steady sale at last Monday's prices. Cakes met a good demand on former terms. rarnip, hite,p.bus.lls to 3.4 s Carraway Swede —s —s l Coriander l2s 16s Mustard, brown .. 10a 13s Hempseed, per qr l4s 40s White. Tares, Spring....4s Od Is 6d Crushing sBs (Yds Old per quarter - b —s Baltic —3 —s Canary, per quarter 52s 6 s Odesqa Rye grass, new 22s 24s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s Clover, Red Eng., ct. • --3 —s English X9IOs,CIO —s White Foreign Red.... —s Rape Cakes,p tonX. 4 lOs £s los White. —s —s ! Rapeseed, new,pr qr C 43 OSs Trefoil, new —E I WOOL. After the explanations in Parliament on Monday last the trade fur Eng ish oul assumed a firmer tone, and prices both of combing and clothing descriptions improved. To-day the market is firm, and the advance in prices io TALLOW The tallow market is dull to-day, and Russian qualities have fallen '-s per cwt from Monday last. The quotation for P.Y.C. is now 404 9d per cwt on the spot; town tallow, 388 6d net cash ; rough tat, 2s per Sib. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulbu:n). IN RE LENSEURG,-.TUDGMENT. This bankrupt was described of Drury Lane, &c, cornice pole manufet turer, and applied a short t me since to pass his examination, tut the accounts were very unsatisfactory, and Mr J. Hart, of the firm of Hart Brothers and Hayles, had been appointed to examine and report thereon, His Honour now said that the bankrupt admitted that the accounts were inaccurate and erroneous, and his excuse was that he placed his confidence in a man of the name of Smith who had betrayed hie confidence and absconded. Smith was a man of a great many aliases—Bali, Bye, and Chappin. It appeared to him (his Hon .ur) that the bankrupt had not suflic►ently excused himself, for he appeared to be a shrewd and intelligent man, and not exercised sufficient caution fn trusting Smith, who had been convicted of embezzlement and suffered twelvemonths' impiisonment, and bankrupt employed him without a character. His Honour held that the default was from the bankrupt's own culpable negligence in employing Smith without a character, and refused to piss the examination, which was adjourned stne die, but with protection to give the bankrupt an opportunity of ap pealing if so advised. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day, iiIARLBOROUGH STREET A " GENTLEMAN" SENT TO HARD LABOUR FOR DIS• GRACEFUL CONDUCT IN KENSIN G TON GARDENS.-Mr Frederick Roundel, gentleman, of the Warwick Arms Hotel, Prince's. Equwe, Bayswater, was charged before Mr Tvr whitt with exposing an obscene book containing indecent repraentations to the view of the complainant, Emily Louisa Maine, a nursemaid, fourteen years of age, while in Kensington Gardens. Mr Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the prisoner, Emily Louisa Main said she was a nursemaid at Bays water, and on Saturday evening, while in Kensington gardens with another nursemaid, each of them having children with them, the prisoner came and sat on the seat ihey were sitting on, and showed them a book with pictures, Ile then shut up the book, and asked her to meet him at haif.past 9 the same night, and go with him to a house, where he would give her half-a-crown. As she was going away the park keeper spoke to her, and asked her what the prisoner had bee❑ showing her, and she told him. In answer to Mr Tyrwhitt, the girl said she had often seen the prisoner about !Afore, but he had never spoken to her till then. John Burton, park constable, said that in consequence of nuumereus complaints of tha prisoner, he kept his eye on him, and on Saturday evening he saw him sitting on toe same seat as the two girls were, and saw him with a book showing them. Ile spoke to the girls, and in consequence of what they said took the prisoner into custody, mad found the book upon him. Mr Lewis having addressed the magistrate on the pri• soner's behalf, Mr Tyrwhikt said the case Ras clearly proved against the prisoner, and his c,,nduct was first that of corrupting girls and then making wretched women of them. It was through such persona as the prisoner that respectable females were prevented from taking fresh air in the parks. He should commit the prisoner for three months with hard labour. A second charge was then preferred against the prisoner by a young girl named Agnes Burns, in service at High street, Notting-hill, and the case being clearly proved against the prisoner, Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was the duty of a magistrate, when these cases were proved, to inflict the full punishment, and he should, therefore, commit the pri soner for a second term of three months, with hard labour. THAMES. A GENERAL IRISH Row.—Patrick Sweeney, an Irish labourer, and Julia Stafford, an English woman, wife of an engineer, were brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with assaulting and wounding William Butler, a police constable, No. SO K. The constable's arm was in a sling. He was wounded on the head, his shoulder was injured and his hand smashed. There was a general Irish row in Cotton-street, Poplar, on Saturday night. Butler was dispersing the riotous, and a volley of stones were thrown at him and another constable. The prisoner Sweeney was instigating his country people to smash the police, and it was believed that he threw some of the stones. Re had a severe black eye and bruised face, which he declared was inflicted by Butler, The woman Stafford, who was said to be worse than the Irish, and to have joined in all the rows that have occurred in Poplar for some time past, threw a large tin can at Butler which struck him on the shoulder. She then retreated in o her house, No. 68, Cotton -street, and hurled a brick at him. It struck him on the head, and he said, if it had not been for the leather of his hat, he should have been killed. Sweeney called Margaret Driscoll in his defence, and she swore that Butler hit the prisoner on the head with his staff, and said the Irish should not get the better of him In answer to Mr. Partridge, the witness said she would not swear stones sere not thrown by her countrymen. Mrs Stafford called a very large Irish woman named Catherine Santry, who kissed the book several times, and so hastily as prod uce great lau'hter in court. She said helivedin to the same house as the woman Stafford, who did nothing at all. She saw Butler run after a young man with his staff and knock him down. Partridge--Were there not plenty of stones thrown I' Mrs Santry—Och, yer honour, I could see only a few. Mr Partridge fined Sweeney 55., and sentenced Mrs Stafford to 21 days' Imprisonment and hard labour. inj ure d . Police —....._ WES ['MINSTER. ACCIDENT 111°14 FU RIOUS DEWING —Mr Frederick Bull mot e, of 16. Well ington-square, Pimlico, was charged, before Mr Selfe, w it h runnin g over a li tt l e g i r l , w h o i s i n Gitte ns, B 266, stated that between sight and nine o'clo ck on Saturday night he was on duty in Grosvenor-row , whe n he saw th e p r i soner d r i v i ng a horse, which was in a chaise, al ong th e R ow . A s soon as consequence . constableser io seriously I y he saw him he observed the horse come in contact with a little girl, who was knocked down and run over by the horse. Witness called out to the prisoner to stop. He pulled up, when witness Pick e d up the child. He had it placed in a cab, in which it was remov e d t o St. G eorge ' s Hospital, where it is a t p re sent. Mr Selfe—At what sp eed was the p r i soner go i ng ? and nine miles an hour. The prisoner be n between eight The prisoner said tha t, j us t before hi s h orse came i n con tract with the child, b e wa s avoidin g a h orse an d cart . begin drinking. After he had passed it he saw the child, and tried to pull up immediately, but was unable to do so in time. He offered to take the little girl in his chaise to the hospital. Mr Selfe observed that as the child may have received serious injuries he must remand the prisoner. remanded. He was accordingly ----~ i‘IARYLEBoN E. A BRUTAL ASSAULT WITH CRICKET EAT. William Burgh, aged 21, painter, wa B charged with the following brutal assault : t s o r y , El( m Jo e h p n a G ss i e l n la g t, er o s ni g n o ib t vehicle at Edward-street, on Saturday night Hampstead-road, where also the prisoner and another young man alightad from the roof. Prisoner gave him a shilling, and told him to take the fare for the two. Prose cutor gave him sixpence, when he said he wanted another n o s u out conductor, il h e i twopence. They were told that as they had come from the Brecknock Arms the fare was threepence each, and the same was charged for all distances beyond the Britannia. Witness told his driver to go on, when prisoner caught hold of his arm, which, however, prosecutor wrenched away. As he was about to mount on his step again, the prisoner gave him a tremendous blow with his wicket bat on his right e 3 e , sa yi n g, " d--- You, take th a t." Prose cutor was senseless for a time, and had to be at once re moved to a surgeon's. Prisoner ran off, but was stopped by a young man and given into custody. Prosecutor handed in a medical certificate, which set forth that his eye was most fearfully cut, and the bone of his nose broken. Mr Mansfield said he did not know what injuries the pro secutor had received, but he trusted that he would go on well under the surgical treatment. - Unfortunately in such eases as these erysipelas might set in. The p r i soner mus t be remanded for a week. Bail would be accepted, the pri soner himself in £lao, and two sureties in Vio each. Royal Botanic Society of London, There was a magnificent exhibition at the ecciety's gar dens, in the Regent's-park, on Saturday. The fruits, especially the grapes, pines, and paellas, might, from their size and richness, have been gathered in a garden that had been presided over by Pomona herself. There was one pine amongst those exhibited that weighed over ten pounde, and there were three bunches of grapes more than ten pounds each. These fruits did, indeed, look magnificent, but we must add that they were very tantalising also. The exotic orchids were very beautiful, and so were the gera niums. The ambition of the growers of geraniums appears now to be to exhibit the largest plant in the smallest pot. Among the company present were the Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Bishop of Oxford, Marquis of Bristol, Earl of Home, Earl of St. German's and Countess of St. Ger man's, Lord Chesham, Lord Yarborough, Lord A. Hervey, Lady Mary Hervey, Lord Alfred Hervey, Lady Laura Palmer, Lrdy Elizabeth Waldegrave, Lady Duncombe, Lady Julia Powers, Lady Anson, Lady Laura Grattan, Lady Mary Stanley, Lady Cremorne, Lady Frances Rus sell, Lady Yarborough, Lady Proby, Lady Bannerman, Lady Isabella Blatchford, L ,dy Painter, Lady M'Farlano, Baron Nathan De Rothschild, Sir Walter Stirling, Sir Philip Duncombe, Sir John Anson, Sir William Hooker, General Dixon, Colonel Hammer, Hon. Mrs. Calthorpe, lion. Mr and Mrs Twistleton, Miss Burdett Coutts, Mrs Gladstone and family, and the Portuguese, Russian, Danish, Spanish, and Austrian Ministers. The bands of the Ist Life Guards and of the Royal Horse Guards performed during the day a selection of overtures from the principal operas, marches, and dance music. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, CITY BETTING—Tnis DAY. JULY STAKES. 6 to 5 agst The Duke 7to 4 agst Liddington 000DWOOD STAKES. Bto 1 agst Bally Edmond Bto 1 agst Highflyer colt 10 to 1 agst Blcndin 12 to 1 agst Madcap 13 to 1 agst Thalettris 14 to 1 agst Cloxton 14 to 1 agst Myrtle 15 to 1 agst Baktitchi Serai Very little betting. Most of time occupied in settling. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. LONDON, July 4.—Wind this day at noon—North- West; moderate breeze and fine weather, CLYDE, July 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jane, from St Jago de Cuba. CARDIFF, July 2.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—St Pierre, for St Thomas. HULL, July 20—Wind S.W,—Arrived—Titania, from Miramichi. PORTSMOUTH, July 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Dromedary, from Malta, and proceeded for Woolwich. NEWPORT, July 2.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Louisa, for New York. GRIMSBY, July 3.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Relionce, from Quebec. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAM) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, July 3—Seine et Tamiee, from Paris—Aboukir, from Dunkirk—Furet, and Napoleon, from Gravelines— Alardus,trom Soderham—Grey, from Havannah—Esturias, from Porto Rico—Regina, from Quabec—Flecha, from Ghent—Spitfire, from Reggefure. DEAL, Monday Morning. Anchored—Sir Harry Parker, from London for Shanghai. Passed —Fanny schooner, from London, for West— Scottish !laid, from Rouen, for Shields ; Aurora, screw steamer, for Genoa, and William Miles, for Canterbury— both from London. THE ROYAL WILTSHIRE LIFEBOAT.—A. grand demonstration took place at Marlborough a few days ago on the occasion of the naming and presentation of the "Royal Wiltshire" lifeboat, the cost of which had been collected in the county by Captain N. J. Reed, R.N., of Marlborough. Early in the morning the town mani fested great interest in the humane undertaking ; and when the lifeboat mounted on its transporting carriage, was drawn through the town by a team of fine horses, gaily decorated, thousands of people followed the procession, which was headed by a band of music. Captain Reed, R.N., on behalf of the county of Wiltshire, presented the boat to the National Lifeboat Institution. He said it was a proud day for him to assist in presenting the society with so splendid a lifeboat on behalf of the county of Wiltshire; and he felt assured that every one present wished the life boat " God Speed." Richard Lewis, Esq., Secretary of the National Lifeboat Institution, then acknowledged the lifeboat in an appropriate speech. He said that he felt assured the crew of the lifeboat at Dover would always dis tinguish themselves in the Royal Witshire when the hour of need came. (Hear, hear.) He referred to the remark able fact that last winter the neighbouring lifeboat at Rams. gate, in conjunction with a steamtug, had saved 120 per sons from two shipwrecks on the Goodwin Sands, during an awful midnight storm. The lifeboats of the institution rescue on an average between 400 and 500 persons every year; and altegeth.r, sines the establishment of the society, nearly 14,000 shipwrecked sailors hal been rescued through its instrumentality. (Cheers.) He requested them to imagine such an army proceeding through their principal street, and then to conceive the numbe r of p ers on s connected with these 14,000 men, and th e y w ou ld p ro bably find that 40,0001 persons had been saved f r om b e i ng widows and orp hans. The Rev. T. W. Dowding then pronounced, iu sti.table and impressive terms, a benediction on the l ifeboat. Mrs Kean, Capt. Reed's dau g hter, in the unavoidable absence of the Marchioness of Ailesbury, proceeded, amidst• hearty acclamation of the people, to name the boat the Royal 'Wilt shire. The lifeboat was afterwards sent by rail to Dover. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL , GRAT'S-INN-ItOAD.— The number of patients relieved at this hospit a l d ur i ng t h e week ending the 2,1 o auly was 3 , 92 3, of which 1,261 were new cases. The Hon. Edward Chandos Leigh is appointed Recorder of Stamford, in the room of Mr Flowers, appointed a metropolitan police maq:istrate.—Observer. MR. COLLEY GRAT TAN, TUE VETERAN Armor. OF H IG HATATs AND LI:WAYS " now lies, we grieve to learn, in a precarious state. Mg. CUVENTRY PATMOLE, the popular poet of tho domestic affections (vi c e ; " The Angel in the House") has recently becoure a convert to the Roman Catholit.; religion. SECIND EDITION. bliN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. PRUSSIA. ---~._ BERLIN, July 2.--The Correctional Tribunal yesterday condemned the Deputy Jean Jae° to Eix months' imprisonment for making uee of expres sions at an electoral meeting which were considered as insulting to the King and as exciting, people to refuse the payment of the taxes. TIIIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. TATTERSALL'S—This Evening, JLTLY STAKES. 6to 4 agst The Duke (wanted) 7 to 4 agst Liddington (wanted) 100 to 30 on Th 3 Luke and Liddington coupled CO GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Blondm (taken) 10 to 1 agst Higbuyer's dam colt (taken) 10 to 1 agst Bally Edmond (taken) 10 to 1 agst Claxton (taken) 12 to 1 agst Myrtle (taken) 12 to 1 agst Madcap (taken) 20 to 1 agst BAktitchi Serai ST. LEGEL. 7to 2 agst General Peel (offered—take 4to 1) IRE DERBY. 9to 1 agst Liddington (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst The Duke (taken) 33 to 1 agst Le Mandarin (taken) 40 to 1 agst Olmar (taken) 40 to 1 agst Sortie colt (taken) 40 to 1 agat Plantagenet (taken) i 0 to 1 agat Friday (taken) ARRIVALS AT CARLISLE. Honest John, Royal John, Black Duchess, Woodbine, Eole, Little Duchess, Brown Bread, Caller Ou, Lisette, Dick Swiveller,Wharfinger, Betsy Copeland, and Baktitchi Sera:. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—This Evening, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat ou the woolsack at the usual hour. NOTICE OF A MOTION OF WANT OF CONFI- DENCE. The Earl of M3,LIIESBURY gave notice that on Fri day next he should move, in reference to the termination of the Conference, a resolution which he would read. The noble earl then stated the terms of his resolution, the words of which were similar to those employed by Mr. Disraeli in his motion in the House of Commons. THE DANO-GERMAN WAR. Lord STRATFORD DE RED CLIFFE said that to morrow, before the orders of the day were commenced, he should ask a question of Earl Russell respecting the correspondence which was published in the Morning Pest of Saturday last relating to the Conference. He would state to-morrow his reasons for believing the documents more likely to Le genuine than was generally supposed. Earl RUSSELL, in'referenee to:the genuineness of the correspondence, was understood to say that it was denied by Prusaia only. EDUCTION IN IRELAND. Viscount CLANCARTY rose to call the attention of the house to the petitions that have beam presented against the alterations recently made by the Board of National Education in Ireland in their rules with regard to the grants to conventual schools, and asked whether it was the inten tion of her Mejesty's Government to sanction them. (LEFT.SPEAKIN HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Evening, The SrEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Furness and Gas Water and the Scots Episcopal Funds Bills were read a third time and passed. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Colonel TAYLOR a writ was orderel to issue for the election of a member for the East Riding of Gloucestershire, in the room of Sir W. Codrington, de ceased. THE GREAT GAOL AT CALCUTTA. Mr LESLIE asked the Secretary of Stare for India, whether there was any foundation for the statements con tained in the letter of the Indian correspondent in the Tildes, which appeared in that paper on Friday last, regarding the condition of the great gaol at Calcutta, " that it is a den of iniquity, a sink of filth; that no one could inform the President of the Sanitary Commission how many pri soners died in the gaol; that the medical attendant could not say fur certain what the mortality was; and that some prisoners have been murdered by the native gaolers in the attempt to extort bribes from them and their friends." And, whether her Majesty's Government would consent to lay upon the table of the house the report of Mr Strachey, the President of the Sanitary Commission, en the subject of the Calcutta and other Indian prisons. Sir C. WOOD said he had received no information on the subject. THE DANO-GERMAN QUESTION, Lord PALMERSTON said that ho had received a communication from the Prussian Ambassador to the effect that the correspondence which was published in the papers on this subject was a pure invention. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Under the circumstances, he had no statement to make to the house at present. Mr DISRAELI, who was received with loud cheers, rose to move the following :—That an humble address be pre sented to her Majesty for directing the correspondence on Denmark and Germany, me l d the protocols of the Confer ence recently held in London, to be laid before Parliament; to assure her Majesty that we have heard with ,deep con cern that the sittings of that Conference have been brought to a close without accomplishing the important purposes for which it was convened; to express to her Majesty our great regret that, while the course pursued by her Majesty's Government has failed to maintain their avowed policy of upholding the integrity and independence of Denmark, it has lowered the just influence of this country in the coun sels of Europe, and thereby diminished the securities for peace. The right hon. gentleman drew the attention of the house to the circumstances under which the treaty of 1852 was executed, and contended that the action of the Govern ment was not of a nature calculated to effect a pacific solution of the difficulties which had arisen on the Conti nent in regard to the Danish question. The policy that was exhibited in regard to Denmark was of the same cha racter that was developed in regard to other portions of Europe, and was of a vacillating nature, sometimes encouraging, and sometimes depressing the efforts of the Danish nation, in her efforts to assert her nationality. With regard to Denmark, viewed from a certain point, she had violated her engagements, bat that was not a consideration in ,the present discussion. The right hon. gentleman entered into a historical statement relative to the respective position of the Germanic States in regard to Denmark of a most comprehensive character, and which were of that vivid description which are visible in the literary productions of this versatile and powerful statesman. Ho denied that in bringing forward this mo tion he was actuated by any personal or party feelling, but only by a strong desire to vindicate the honour and dignity of this great country. Leaving the question of Denmark, the right hon. gentleman assailed the policy of the Government in reference to Poland, which the Government, he said, had encouraged into rebellion, and when blood began to flow that unfortunate country Was left to struggle through difficulties and disasters which . the policy of the Government was instrumental in creating' He denounced in terms of that searing sar cs n which he is such a perfect master, the conduct of Earl to a an Russell in regard to the foreign policy genr ally contended that it was calculated to lower thepo Weal eaffud ence of the country. He said that i n refeence to foreign political matters the conduct of the Foreign Office towards the Emperor e.of the French. That potentate had made ffere relative Con ference, which, according to h is opinion, were en titled to reception favourably , by this country, and these offers were made by the Earl Russell in a most but a friendly spirit to this country, and who was n off ev en er si s v h e ow sp n ir a i n L y anything Emperor of the F renc h, w h o h a d placed under peculiar circumstances, was insulted by the treatment he recei ve d f rom t h e F ore ign Office. He wen t into a detail of the correspondence that took place relative to the matter. (Ltrr SPEAKING.) A letter from St. Iktersburg of the 24th ult. says —Yesterday were launched from the naval building yard near Cronstadt the ironclad floating battery Ne trone roenia (Touch me not), and the ironclad gunboat with two towers the Smartch. The tenth and last =niter with one tower will be shortly launched. The Russian squadron of iron clads will be this year compoeed of two floating batteries and eleven monitors with towers, on the system of Ericcson and K•ilz. In the Belgian Camber of Doputies, two days back, before resuming the discussion on the Budget of Public Works, M. Orts, a member of the Left, brought forward a motion for adding to the number of deputies in the Chambers, The constitution fixes a r epresentative for every forty thousand inhabitants, according to which calculation there is at present a deficiency of six de puties and three senators. The motion was accepted by all the Opposition members, and a considerable portion of the Ministerial supporters, and referred to a com mittee. Should the proposition be definitively agreed to, as appears prol , able, Antwerp, Charlerzyy, Warennne, And Philip/juin° w ill ea ch gain one deputy, and Bruesels two. The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs has re ceived from M. Max, Consul of Belgium at Athens, an account of the progress of the cultivation of cotton in Greece, from which it appears that this year's crop will amount to between 11 and 16 millions of kaogratianies, nese 'day rice, ince here ouel e to e of tred the Lion ace, it of cress lEIM heir i of an ern I to . A. ter rho eh ied he- r of on, sor ess de at am by rd Is- ,),_ 1 , cock ,teciz rtook 104 80A 100 :00 itOCk Mock -Lock 20 4tock 100 stock nare 8.14; 1.410 20 0., ,O . 00 all all )all 100 lOU I Of 100 8.13. 6 .18. 4. 8.0 2.8.0 1.3 0 3.1.0 2.6.0 10 0; 7 8 94 2 MI 102/ 3 1031 9! 90 1011